Kronach is a
''Landkreis'' (district) in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of
Hof,
Kulmbach
Kulmbach () is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town, once a stronghold of the Principality of Bayreuth, is renowned for its University of Life Sciences, a branch of the University of Bayreuth, the massive Plasse ...
,
Lichtenfels and
Coburg
Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...
, and the state of
Thuringia
Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area.
Er ...
(districts of
Sonneberg
Sonneberg () in Thuringia, Germany, is the seat of the Sonneberg district. It is in the Franconian south of Thuringia, neighboring its Upper Franconian twin town Neustadt bei Coburg.
Sonneberg became known as the "world toy city", and is home ...
,
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts Son ...
and
Saale-Orla
Saale-Orla is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Saale-Holzland, Greiz, the Vogtlandkreis in Saxony, the Bavarian districts Hof and Kronach, and the district ...
).
History
Kronach was ruled by the bishopric of
Bamberg
Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...
from 1102 until 1803, when the clerical states of Germany were dissolved. Afterwards it fell to Bavaria, where the districts of Kronach and Teuschnitz were established on the territory of the present district. In 1931, these districts were merged to form the district of Kronach.
Geography
A large portion of the district is part of the
nature park. The Franconian Forest (German ''Frankenwald'') is a hill chain rising to To the southwest the country is sloping away. Several narrow rivers run southwards through the district in order to join the river
Main
Main may refer to:
Geography
*Main River (disambiguation), multiple rivers with the same name
*Ma'in, an ancient kingdom in modern-day Yemen
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*Spanish Main, the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territ ...
beyond the district's borders, among them the
Kronach
Kronach (; ) is a Town#Germany, town in Upper Franconia, Germany, located in the Franconian Forest area. It is the capital of the Kronach (district), district Kronach.
The town is equipped with a nearly complete city wall and Germany's biggest an ...
.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays:
* the heraldic lion of Bamberg
* the heraldic lion of Orlamünde (a Thuringian family owning Lauenstein castle in the very north of the district)
* the wheel symbolising watermills in the rivers of the district
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
Official website(German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kronach (District)
Districts of Bavaria
Upper Franconia